Whoa,wait. This is sepia. Dude got yellow hat. Center woman green amulet and Frigg lookalike has blue wristbands. HR standing in the background looking smug with his signature purple tie.Other two candidates decked out all in Sepia colored clothes no color. Has the voodoo allready started for the three even before they get in the tube? Nice visuals Messuers Walrip.

Considering there’s *several* different shades of brown in that picture, I don’t see anything about the particular shade of his scarf that makes it stand out from all the rest. That said, brown *is* Gravedust’s signature color, and I’ve no doubt the scarf is meant to reflect that.

P.S. When I read “tuber” my first thought was “Gravedust is a potato?” (Well, he’s certainly shaped like one.)

Yeah, but his scarf is a different tone, just not a different shade. To me, it looks a smidge bit warmer (think dark sand instead of dirt) than the rest of the sepia, but I’m not sure if that’s just my screen or not. :)

I”m not sure if “smug” is how I’d describe the expression on HR’s face. To me he looks vaguely put out, like he’s offended at the suggestion that he copied his ideas from a movie. (Or maybe at being compared to evil robots.)

Of course, it *is* hard to gauge a person’s expression when you can’t see their eyes *or* their mouth.

I get the feeling the blatant and notable colors are important. Kind of like how every time a sci-fi TV show has the characters go into a VR world, something serves as an anchor to allow them to escape back out of it.

The potatoes have always had key colours. Their tubes are in those colours, and their earlier pre-tubing flashbacks had the same coloured items. (And Gravy’s scarf was easier to discern as ‘different’, because he was shown in silhouette other than the scarf.)

Yeah, we don’t. The earlier pre-tube flashbacks were in the form of interviews where their identities are obscured. (Best attempts to promote his act, but the name gets bleeped. None of the others even try to break the ‘anonymous’ rule.) And Xan wasn’t able to find their Sepia identities.

Then: These tubes are for you. They’re … YOUTUBES.
Now: We regret to inform you that your youtubes account has been demonetized. You may keep your tube, but we will not be responsible for continued nutrition, fresh tube water or elimination; and all breathing must be accomplished between the hours of 0900 and 1730 daily. Thank you for being a loyal user. Good day.

All of them look pretty similar to their characters. Not sure if that was a conscious decision or just a consequence of the tube-voodoo. The toodoo. And the characters align closely to their sepia-world personalities (which is understandable, since they’re not actually roleplaying, as such).

Um… that would not be my response. And I’m having trouble believing that She Who Will Be Syrn’j was ever that naive. Believing in people’s good intentions is one thing; saying SO COOL to getting tubed is another.

I agree with you, but if my memory is not mistaken I think that they were told that they would only “test” the setup, pretty much the idea would be of using a really, REALLY intricate sort of VR device and the plugging off, the poor bastards probably never knew they would become lava lamps for who knows how long they’ve been there.

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